Plant Production Systems Group
The vision of Plant Production Systems is to integrate biological knowledge to analyse and design sustainable production systems for crops (including integration with livestock), focused on resource use efficiency and equitable management of natural resources.
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Publication of the Month
Can big data explain yield variability and water productivity in intensive cropping systems?
Yield gaps and water productivity are key indicators to monitor the progress towards more sustainable and productive cropping systems. Individual farmers are collecting increasing amounts of data (‘big data’), which can help
monitor the process of sustainable intensification at local level. In this study, we build upon such data to quantify the magnitude and identify the biophysical and management determinants of on-farm yield gaps and water productivity for the main arable crops cultivated in the Netherlands...
Interesting article(s)
Surviving on Half a Hectare of Land: An Introduction to the Issues Surrounding Smallholder Farming in Malawi
Not everyone dealing with agricultural issues in Malawi appreciates the fact that smallholders in this country face challenges which are unique in Africa. No other country in Sub-Saharan Africa has population densities of up to 250 ...
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Paper selected as research highlight of Nature Food
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Grounding the helicopters
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N (Na) Wang
Version of Synergies and trade-offs between yield, quality, resource use efficiency and environmental impact of potato production in China
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Recording of webinar A Living Income for Cocoa Farmers
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Look for the optimal mix of different sustainability strategies
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- Biomass for fuel: opportunity or threat to food and feed security?
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Latest publications
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Scope and strategies for sustainable intensification of potato production in Northern China
Agronomy Journal (2020). - ISSN 0002-1962 -
Can big data explain yield variability and water productivity in intensive cropping systems?
Field Crops Research 255 (2020). - ISSN 0378-4290 -
LiGAPS-Beef, a mechanistic model to explore potential and feed-limited beef production 2 : sensitivity analysis and evaluation of sub-models
Animal 13 (2019)4. - ISSN 1751-7311 - p. 856 - 867.